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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
TIE FOURTH OF JULY.
Preliminary Steps Taken Towards Its
Celebration in Taylor.

Celebration In Taylor.
Pursuant to call, meeting Of citi-
liens was held at the Opera House
Tuesday evening to take action in de-
Vising ways aud means for a proper
observance of the nations birthday.
Sol Hip was called tn the Chair
and Fred NJ. Clark appointed Score.
tary.
After u general EXCHANGE of opinion
as i0 he lesl p m IT &C ebratin., il was
The unanimous sentiment of the meet.
ing that barbecue be had somewhere
within u mile of town. ut or near one
"f the springs. fireworks in the even.
ing aud grand ball at night, prnvi.
ded sufficient funds eau he raised to
Il, fray the necessary expenses.
On motion, the following Commit.
tee on Finance was appointed by the
Chair, whose duty is to solicit sub
scriptlons: Sam Snyder. James Beard,
ID. Z. McDnnald. John Verzan, Max
Shaeicr and j. b. Simpson.
On motion, the following Commit.
tee of Arrangements Ito select
grounds, etc. was appointed: F. w.
Ne"to q. Raht, DIR. J. ID. Campbell,
Ii. j. Muldoon, David Dennrtt and B.
3. Bird.
On motion, the meeting adjourned
To June 10Th, when the committees
will report.
Our people should all stand In and
give something towards the celebra.
ton 1t We NIL pull together there
will be M trouble in raising sufficient
money tn make the day We all shout
celebrate one Of pleasant enjoyment.
The children especially would enjoy
ramble through the shady grove
and "a picnic of this kind. Who so
dev0id of patriotic emotion' Ms to re-
fuse something to help YOU y Amer.
ica tat least) celebrate the Fourth of
July
Is there man with soul so dead
Who never To himself has said,
This Is my oSn, my native (or Alopted) land "
We think not IN raylur. Tncn lei It's
who"p 'er up on the glnrious Fourth
L"t Old Glory fiat from every staff
md house-top. Let Young and did
America join in the chorus of Free
d"ms song. We have all cause to
rejoice. Let Us do il.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
A Nevada Ear,hquak..

According to our Western Nevada
exchanges it appears they had quite
severe shocks ri earthquake in that
section an the morning of the Sd, the
vibrations lasting from four Ia thirty
seconds, and occurred Mt 2:45 A. NJ.
They were heavier at Carson anu
Genoa than elsewhere. The papeis
SAY the Capitol building WAS bad y
shaken, and the plasicrng and the
walls cracked. The flow of water
was increased at the hat springs Mt the
State Prison and Steamboat, while
Shaw's hot springs near Carson were
almost dried up.
Private residences AZ Genoa were
baby damaged. nearly all the Chin
neys having been cracked or thrown
down. Fissures opened in the earth
near Cradlrbaugh's bridge. and new
springs have commenced flowing near
Genoa.
The residence ofex-Govcrnor Adams
at Carson WAS considerably damaged,
rs WIS also that of State Senator viii
liams, near Empire, on the Carson
river.
At Deadman's ranch, near the toll
house ON the Ophir grade, the ground
WAS raised in places three feet above
its old level. The center of disturb.
ance is supposed to have been the
west slope uf Mount Davidson.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
D. w. Mitchell In Hard Luck i.

ID. w. Mitchell, who kept a store
here last summer, aud moved his stock
to ophir Canyon, Nye county, Sc ms
not To have cast his lot in pleasant
place. lie was burned out on the
9th OF May. The following account
at his loss we take from tie Austin
ReveilIe of June LIST:
On Friday night between eleven and
twelve o'c.ock the alarm oi lire was
heard On investigation. il WAS found
that the stare ut ID. W. Mitchell was
ON lire. A rush WAS made fear the
place and the doors aud windoXs
broke in, but the flames and heat came
out immediately mud il WIS impn>s bile
Ia get into the building. Mr.. Mitchell
had been selling out and WAS an the
eve at leaving here aud had most of
bis goods That were not sold boxed up.
ready fur shipment. Besides n total
i"ss ut goods. there were destroyed
$500 IN paper money. AMI some clerks
and notes. Total l'ss was $4,000.
Mr. Mitchell barely escaped with his
life few nights ago. A shot was
fired 10y some unkn"% person. the ball
entering his sleeping apartment and
lodging III the wall, just above his bed.
Whether the party had evil Il signs or
nat can not be asee:tained; tile origin
Of the lire Is a mystery, but circum-
stances point to the fnct that il WAS
set on fire, but by whom nr under
what circumstances can not he SAID.
Tue store WAS in building belonging
to q Rryeraft, which has only the
stone wall lett Ia tell the tele.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
Bad R.suI, Of a Practical Joke.

The Eureka Sentinel Of Tuesday
says: While DIR. q. II. Thoma WAS ut
JohanneH' store yesterday some one
put of some trecrackers to scare N
drunken uian. Col. w. o. Mills horse
ami buggy were standing close to- u
team in front of the store Mt tie time
and became frightened by the noise
DIR. Thcma ran OUT and took Mills
horse by the head To- stop HIM. when
the team, starting little, the wheels
of the vehicle they were attached to
struck DIR. Thoma across his knees and
threw him under the buggy, which
passed over his head. His left ear
was cut and his right knee hurt. pro
ducing u swelling. He was also injur-
ed on the front bone of the left knee.
1t is extremely fortunate that he WAS
not hurt worse, and he thanks his
lucky star that he is able to walk.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11

At the meeting of the Board OF
County Commissions in Hamilton last
Monday full Board present. the fol.
lowing business was transacted
The Treasurer was authorized tn
sell the house in Taylor, formerly oc-
cupied by Robert Simpson. for the
amount of taxes aud Gusts.
The change recently made in the
Snake Valley ROAD by Willard Bur.
bank and Geo. w. Baker was author
lied and ratified.
An additional bond of the County
Treasurer was presented and approved.
The following communication was
received
HAMILTON, New, June 4, 1897.
To the Hon. Board of County Com
lnIssioncrs of White Pine county,
Nevada: Gentlemen: i hereby
tender To White Pine county without
charges Of any kind for royalty, the
use Of my U. S. Patent, No. 273556,
so far rs it may be adopted for the
preservation Of the records and official
papers OF the county. Very respect
FULLY, SAM LIDDLE.
On motion, it was resolved that a
vote of thanks he given by the Board
of County Commissioners tn the Hon.
Samuel LiddIe for his generous tender
tn the county of the free use of his
valuable ire-proof structure paten,
u. ). Patent No. 273556), as far as it
may be adapted in the construction of
of the new Court House aud vaults
for the preservation of the public rec.
ords; and it is further resolved that
the contractors for the building "f The
Court House he requested Ia carefully
consider the matter.
Fifty dollars Was transferred from
the Grnpral tn the Sa,ary Fund.
The Sinking Lund was recreated.
On motion, il was ordered that
hereafter M bill for medical attend
ance or supplies furnished to the in
digent sick of this cnnnty, outside "f
the inmates %. the County Hospital,
will he allowed unless sucl, attendance
or expenditure was authorized bv some
member of fIle Board nf Commission.
erS in writing. aud the order SD author
izing accompanies the bill.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
STATE AND COAST ITEMS.

Gilroy is to have a barbecue on the
Fourth.
Artesians wells have been bored in
all sections of Texas.
The California Supreme Court has
decided that license tax on sheep I'M
posed by Lassen county, is uncOnsti-
tutional.
1t is said that every store in Carson
City lost from $50 to $50 in broken
crockery and glassware by the late
earthquake shock.
Stockman: The sheepmen of Nevada
have paid thousands of dollars for
Transporting dirt and grease to market.
Next year the wool will he secured in
Reno, and the real estate kept at home.
Potatoes are shipped from San Fran
cisco to Chicago at rate of 81 per
100 pounds.
The new directory of Los Angeles
fixes the population of that city at
81, 900.
Tom Fallen killed himself at Spok-
ane Falls week ago, and on Sunday
his widow married his barkeeper.
A Reno butcher has contracted for
Summer supply of beef ut Z cents
and mutton at OK cents per pound.
Grain in California has been badly
damaged by hot north winds.
Recent property transfers in the
Furnishing town of Reno aggregate
$4,000.
Real estate transfers at Los Angeles
during the week ended May 2Sth foot
up $9,0o0.000.
A C'roner's jury in Salt Lake finds
verdict of wilful murder against
young Burton's slayer.
Three railroads into the Ceur
d'Alene, Idaho, are quite probable
before the SHOWS cover the ground
again.
r. B. Armstrong has refused cash
offer nf $40 600 fnr 500 acres of land
near Davisville, Soiauo county. Cal.
In Nara and Sonoma counties, Cal,
2.000,000 gallons of wine remain I'm.
sold. The holders do not want to
take less than twenty-five cents a gal
Ion.
The man who lives in a cottonwood
tree at Maine Prairie, Solano county,
Cal. and fires gun. at the approach of
any person, is now believed to be har-
boring Pete Olsen.
Postmaster Canon of Fort Lincoln,
Dakota, committed suicide few days
since because the Pastofficc Inspector
found irregularities in his accounts.
lie was worth $4,000.
The irreverent Carson Appeal says
The people of Paradise propose to
erect a church. A town with such a
name ought To get along with red
school house"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
A Devil ia Human shape.

In San Francisco, u few days ago.
Daniel DAILY, laborer, came home
drunk aud found that his supper was
not ready. In his rage he brutally
beat his wife. The seven-year-old
daughter of the couple began TO CRY
over her fathers conduct, whereupon
he seized her and set her upon red
hot stove. If there is not there ought
TO be hell to punish such fiends for
all eternity.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
A Miner Killed.

An accident occurred at the Chollar
shaft in Virginia City ON the Sd by
which Richard Pascoe lost his life, and
VI. p. Mcdonald, Luke Quinlan and
John McCabe were seriously injured.
The men were defending on The cage
and when 900 feet from the bottom
something gave away, precipitating it
TO the stump.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
Music At the State Prison

On Sunday, says the Carson Appeal
the musical organization of bows
known rs the Guitar and Harmnnica
Choir went out to the State Prison
and rendered several pieces tn the
prisoners. The inmates Of the place
were on 'iptoe of expectancy over the
advent of the new music and gave the
boys warm reception. When they
Ind finished tie first selection the
prisoners broke forth into n shout of
applause that almost made the walls
fall down; they stamped and whistled
and whistled and stamped like mad
men. They were then given "Massa' s
in the cold. cold ground" and "Homc
Sweet Home" As the latter piece
WAS played thew sat ike statues with
bowed heads and close observer
could see the tears yelling in their
eyes. II melted the hardest of them
and they bowed their heads lower tn
hide their emotions. Withal il was a
very impressive scene and one which
those who witnessed il will never for
get.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
Bullion shipments.

The Argus Mining Company ship.
ped this week through Wells, Fargo
g. Co.'S Express, s bars of bullion
valued at SLIPS 30.
The Eberhardt Monitor Mining
Company shipped this week through
Wells, Fargo & Co.'S Express, . bars
of bullion valued nj 81, 800.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
Aellool Csnaus.

From School Census Marshal VIM.
Bakers report we take the following
figures oi Tavlor's school children:
No. Of BOYS beiw.s 6 AMI 10 years.
No. of girls between d AMI Is years .........24
Total number between 8 and IS years. -. SIS
No. of children under u yeas ........,...97
No. of children born In Nevada .............6 ~
No horn IL other sta es AID Territories. :. 80
No. born ia foreign countries. .............. 5
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11
Shows Baslns.. Ent.rprl...

Truthfully remarks an exchange
"Did you ever pick up newspaper
published at some strange town, anil
SEE q large, snowy advertisement,
without thinking to yourself and say
ing tn your neighbor. that man is
doing big business or forming a
resolution 10 visit him the FIRST oppor-
tunitv2 There is nothing like it, and
when You put m advertisement in n
paper don't imagine that you have
donated SO much to keep the editor
out of the poor house."
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11

j. II. Wilmington, some years ago
the larg 'st stock-Dwner in the county,
arrived Ssturday.-[SiIver State. We
wonder If J. r. will extend his visit to
White Pine.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11

]. b. Fitch has his new hotel ut
Wells completed and is now furnish.
ing it. Ben will make jolly land
lord.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1887-06-11

California tomatoes are selling in
Virginia City at 20 cents q pound.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

The Journal is in receipt of kilograms, and
letters, and communications from every quar-
ter of the State respecting the existing legis-
lative situation We could not publish them
if we were to devote almost the entire paper to
them. Suffice it to say that they are all of
one tenor and to one purpose There is warm
and unanimous Endorsement Of the Republic
an position, and earnest exhortation that it
be maintained to the last. We feel author
lied to say to our friends throughout the
State that they need have no fears Of the Re-
publican House Of Representatives receding
from the stand it has taken. Not single
Republican anywhere has even so much as
limited at proposition Of that character.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
Is he LIEUTEKANT-GoyERNo

In review of the Smith Robertson case,
the Sentinel says
Meanwhile, one man in the State concluded
to investigate the question of vancancy in
the Office Of Lieutenant governor That man
was Senator A. G. Smith, of Jennings county.
who had been elected the presiding officer Of
the Senate Mr.. Smith, himself an able
lawyer, decided that he had succeeded to the
Office, and he announced, as can be proven,
thae whether Mr. Nelson, the Democratic
candidate for acknowledgements. or Mr..
Robertson, the Republican candidate. should
be elected he would contest his right to the
office and would in every way possible assert
his claim
Of course, there is not the slightest evidence
that Smith ever did anything of the sort On
the contrary, Smith participated in all the
proceedings to elect successor to Manson
up to and including the election on the Cd Of
November. It was only after count of the
ballots showed that the Republicans had
elected the Lieutenant-governor and that the
Legislature was SO close that the Office and
vote Of that officer might aid in the theft Of
the United States senatorship, and in contin-
uing the prison contracts and asylum jobs in
the hands Of the present scoundrels, who have
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
TO-NIGHT's MEETING.

There should be no installing the temper Of
the Republican party in the present contin-
gency by any failure of the meeting at Tom
linson Hall tonight, either in point Of num-
bers or character Of expression. The people
of tho city and State have carefully and keenly
watched the progress of events at the Capitol
since the converting Of the Legislature. They
know all about the details of the crimes,
abuses and infamies Of which the Democrat
ic party has been and is guilty. They know
the Insane Hospital abuses, the southern pris-
on crimes, the attempted theft of
the United States senatorship, the
theft of the Lieutenant -governship,
the violence extended to the man whom they
elected to the high Office OF Lieutenant
governor, the brutality and the black.
guardism Of Green Smith and his piratical CO
conspirators The people know all about
these things as we'll as anybody can tell them
What they will come to Tomlinson Hall to
night for will be to express their abhorrence
and indignation, to take additional inspira-
ton and force for the work of overthrowing the
| reasonable and revolutionary party, and tt
testify to the Republican members of th'
General Assembly their hearty concurrence
with and indoors ement of the position take1
by the House of Representatives. Let thu
meeting be "a warmer"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01
A Strong Life Insurance Report.

The great business of life insurance probably
absorbs as much talent, accomplishment, and
business skill az even the railway profession.
Certainly the problems with which the insurance
man has to deal come very close home to the
hearts and pockets of the public. For this rea.
son readers will be gratifed, and instructed. by
COL Jacob L. Greenes calculation Of life insur.
ance principles, as shown in his last president's
report to the Connecticut Mutual Life Company.
The financial status of this great institution is
shown to be Of the strongest, its assists reaching
more than $55, DOC, 900. Colonel Greens. showa
that if the company closed all its business at
once there would be full surplus Of So, 059, l0G.
The amount paid to policy holders last year was
So. 2S5, 900. and those acquainted with insurance
statistics will instantly comprehend how low
rate of mortality this shows; how eloquent it s
in witness of the care with which the risks have
been selected. 1t is not necessary to give figures
in exterso to prove the solid financial ability OF
this company. The sound principles which Col
Greene emphasizes care in selecting risks, econ.
omy Of management. and devotion to the busi.
of pure life insursnce, fully account for the
strength of the organization aud the estimate IN
which the public holds it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

debauched the institutions. and disgraced the
State, that Bazoo Brown and Smith put their
heads together and concocted the conspiracy
into which they succeeded in driving the
entire Democratic majority in the Senate.
That is the Gods truth about that business.
But, taking the Sentinel at its word, we
dare the Democratic State Senate, or Mr..
Green Smith himself to assert officially that
the Senator from Jennings and Jackson has
succeeded to the Office of Lieutenant governor.
Of course, that is essence Of their claim; if it
is not, the claim amounts to nothing. But
up to the present time no one has dared to
make the assertion broadly and officially. We
invite the State Senate or Mr.. Green Smith
to do so.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

reversed by the highest court. Criminals should
be the ones that ought to have the trouble Of
evading the penalties Of law, rather than
that society should be put to all the trouble
in the effort to make the law overtake the
criminals. But that is not the theory of many
administrators Of the law yet, particularly Of
that class Of minds which believe that a
criminal before the bar is a sacred individual
in whose behalf every doubt must be resolved.
The Committee of One Hundred will push the
prosecution in the Criminal Court, to which
Prosecutor Mitchell has publicly pledged
his utmost endeavors
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

IT is big job that Mayor Hewitt, of New
York, has before him. In an interview con-
corning that suppressed Brooklyn letter he
emphasizes his position on the labor question
by saying:
II regard it as very critical time for the
Democratic party, and think that every one
who is in a position to influence public opin-
ion should take decided ground upon this ques
tion, and declare whether he is in favor of or
opposed to secret organizations seeking to con-
troll the politics of the country in favor of any
one class of its citizens without regard to the
rights and interests of all other classes. So
far as l have any influence in the Democratic
party l will use it in behalf Of free labor and
of open political action. which may be criti-
cised by the whole country. In other words,
l shall oppose, in the spirit of Washington's
farewell address, any attempt to control the
country by secret political methods, and shall
try to keep the Democratic party true to its
bearings as the defender and protector of the
| individual liberty of the citizen. These are
my sentiments, and should no one in the
Democratic party but myself be left to uphold
| them, will wrap the American flag around
me and retire to Monticello to weep"
| According to present indications, the
chances are that the honest and earnest Mayor
| will be forced by loneliness either to retire to
Monticello or to enter the Republican party,
where he can enjoy individual liberty.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

ROBERTSON and his attorneys have, as we
have said, contended that this was question
for the General Assembly to settle; yet he
filed no contest and. having failed to do SO
within the time prescribed by the statute,
has, therefore, waived his claim to the office,
according to his own view of the case-Sen-
tinel.
AS a legal proposition this is almost absurd
enough to have come from the News, which,
yesterday, in speaking of the Marion county
election cases going into the Criminal Court
because Of lack of jurisdiction in the United
States Court, said:
'By the decision in the Mackin case it has
been settled that the case cannot be reached
by filing information directly before the
Criminal Court"
The amount of law which our two esteemed
contemporaries do not know would fill books
that the world would not have room to con-
tain.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

The Washington Post is indignant over
the breach of congressional decorum, as ID
terms the loud applause that greeted Con-
gressmen Holman and Randall when they
voted in favor Of passing the dependent
pension bill over the Presidents veto Mr..
Cleveland, it is reported, was also displeased
when he heard of the occurrence. The Pres
ident and his organs should not worry about
a little thing like that. The noise reused by
that veto will deafen them before it is done
with
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-01

THE able conditional lawyers who are argu-
ing that the Senate has supreme and unlimited
authority in electing its President are cited to
Section 10, Article 4, of the Constitution,
which provides that each house, when as
sembled, shall choose its own officers, the
President of the Senate excepted" This
remarkable provision Of the Constitution
makes a conspicuous exception in the power
of the Senate. Each house may elect all its
own officers except that the Senate may not
elect its President Why9 Because the Con-
stitution makes the Lieutenant-governor Pres
ident of the Senate, and the only power the
Senate has in this behalf is to elect one of its
members president for the occasion" when
the Lieutenant governor is absent or unable
to act. Under this provision the Senate has
no constitutional authority to elect President
pro tenn, except for the special occasion of the
Lieutenant governors absence or inability te
act 1t follows that the election of Greer
Smith as President Of the Senate pro tenn
ended as soon as Colonel Robertson took the
oath as Acknowledgements There has beer
no day since that time when the Senate coul(
legally elect President pro tenn, for til,
constitutional President of the Senate ha
been present and ready to discharge his dutie
every day